yusuf pathans record breaking odi debut set to begin

[fineleg]

MSD does not seem to have trust in Yusuf Pathan's bowling! Raina bowled, Piyush Chawla got taken to cleaners, but still Yusuf Pathan gets very few overs.

[Guest Hiten.]

MSD does not seem to have trust in Yusuf Pathan's bowling! Raina bowled, Piyush Chawla got taken to cleaners, but still Yusuf Pathan gets very few overs.

I didn't know that I'd say this but MSD was completely clueless today (as a captain) and did not lead the side efficiently as he did. Piyush was getting some stick, he should have taken him out of the attack after PC's 7th over. YK Pathan bowled 2 mediocre overs and (to me) there was NO reason for him to bring in another part timer in. YK pathan's simple and silly action got India Ashraful's priced wicket y'day....who knows what he could have done today. Anyways, its okay. Mistakes are allowed once in a while. Hopefully this does not become a trend

[desitiger]

yup I wonder what YK pathan is doing in the team. His batting is not intl class and Dhoni doesn't seem to think his bowling is good enough at this level. So wtf is he doing in the team?

[amits]

yusuf pathan was picked originally to replace harbhajan singh as the off-spinner. it was surprising that he got only 6 overs in 3 matches & he had a decent economy rate of about 5 in the 3 matches he played dhoni should have bowled yusuf pathan more & not allowed piyush chawla to bowl more than 7-8 overs. giving yuvraj singh 4 overs & raina 1 over is not justified and dhoni should know that yusuf pathan is a regular off-spin bowler & not a part-timer

[amits]

ppl have been saying about lack of a 5th bowler for india, but here we had 5 bowlers playing, the only thing was that the 5th bowler was severely under-bowled and was just given 6 overs in 3 matches. 2 overs in each match & his figures were not bad at all. 2-0-11-0, 2-0-9-1 & 2-0-11-0. he wasnt even getting thrashed. and always a regular spinner would be the one to take wickets & not part-timers. yuvraj & raina never look like taking wickets whereas yusuf pathan is the type of bowler who likes to plan dismissals & has been very effective in domestic 4-day matches for baroda & west zone where he plays as a off-spinner in the match against bd, a regular bowler yusuf pathan took a wicket & troubled the batsman in the 12 balls he bowled. even against pak, his bowling was more difficult to be picked than that of yuvraj & raina

[amits]

incase u guys dont know, yusuf pathan before the ipl was considered a bowler who could bat a bit

[Guest Hiten.]

I seriously am not too convinced with YK pathan's bowling ability. But he should have been given more chance in this series. Dhoni failed to handle YK (at least) in bowling department wisely.

[amits]

this is the match which i keep talking about from the duleep trophy - http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/124/124551.html yusuf pathan outbowled ramesh powar and spun wz to a win over eng a in the duleep trophy 2008 taking 5/35 in the 2nd innings. also, yusuf pathan in domestic cricket is a bowler who can bat a bit. yusuf pathan was even the 2nd highest wicket-taker in ranji trophy among spinners, next only to piyush chawla taking 27 wickets in 7 matches if ramesh powar can play as a specialist spinner then y cant yusuf pathan who is a much better bowler than powar its time ppl realie that yusuf pathan is a bowler who can bat a bit